Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning

uchimizu event

How Japan keeps its cool when temps are high

At a recent uchimizu event at the Higo-Hosokawa Garden, participants in lightweight kimonos used wooden ladles to spray water in long arcs that caught the late-afternoon light.

How Japan keeps its cool when temps are high

Cooling with CO2

Cooling with CO2

China, U.S. to seek way to end production, use of climate change causing HFCs

China, U.S. to seek way to end production, use of climate change causing HFCs

King County in Washington trying to convert sewage to energy

King County in Washington trying to convert sewage to energy

Clean cookstoves protect women and the environment

Clean cookstoves protect women and the environment
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Weatherization Projects

Home weatherization and energy efficiency are called the "low hanging fruit" in the effort to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But at the ground level in Boston, efficiency advocates struggle to overcome language barriers, layers of bureaucracy and other complications.

Weatherization Projects

Turn off your air conditioner

It may be hot, but air conditioners are robbing people of the ability to withstand heat. One man wants to stop it.

Turn off your air conditioner

Burning Controversy

Burning wood may be a natural, affordable alternative to fuels like oil or gas, but in Maine, outdoor wood boilers have ignited debate.

Burning Controversy
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Reconditioning the air conditioner (sounds hot, right?)

As part of The Takeaway's Power Trip energy series, John Hockenberry heads to Novato, California, where some wacky guys are using the human lung to create better air conditioners.

Reconditioning the air conditioner (sounds hot, right?)
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Cool Fix for a Hot Planet

Sunny Hawaii takes the lead in solar water heating.

Cool Fix for a Hot Planet

Energy sticker shock

Middle-class and poor consumers are being hit with a triple whammy of energy increases: gas bills, home heating fuel bills and utility bills.

Energy sticker shock
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Cool Fix for a Hot Planet

The heat that bakes road surfaces in summer yields a source of winter heat for homes and offices.

Cool Fix for a Hot Planet
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Burning Controversy

Burning wood may be a natural, affordable alternative to fuels like oil or gas, but in Maine, outdoor wood boilers have ignited a controversy. The issue is the smoke they send up the chimney, and what's in it.

Burning Controversy
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Cold Comfort

Cold Comfort

Almanac/First Refrigerator

Almanac/First Refrigerator